I dey greet una o...Pls my driver licence expires today and i have commenced the renewal process. It will take 2 to 3 months to get a permanent one. However I will be landing Regina in less than 2months. I want to find out from those in Regina (SK) if the expired licence and / or the temporal one is accepted for the driving test? Thanks

Ifywhyteman:
I dey greet una o...Pls my driver licence expires today and i have commenced the renewal process. It will take 2 to 3 months to get a permanent one. However I will be landing Regina in less than 2months. I want to find out from those in Regina (SK) if the expired licence and / or the temporal one is accepted for the driving test? Thanks

You will need a valid one to do the the drivers test for sure but you can drive with the temporary one for 90days from when you land. I live in regina

Akeelah10:
You will need a valid one to do the the drivers test for sure but you can drive with the temporary one for 90days from when you land. I live in regina

Pls have sent you a PM...Make we chat in private small. Thanks

Ifywhyteman:


Pls have sent you a PM...Make we chat in private small. Thanks

i have replied

cutemarie:

Thank you Vcole.

you are welcome

Hello People.... Anyone got a remedy for this extremely dry weather in Calgary? Specifically per the sinuses and throat. The back of my throat gets extremely dry, and I often wake up feeling quite uncomfortable.

i have tried Robb, air conditioning, humidifiers, drinking lots of fluids.... hardly any respite. Can't believe I'm almost wishing winter would come along quickly. The air was dry then also, but I don't think it was this bad.

Please who has imported food to Canada before... I want to know how much tax and duty it cost in Canada.

You guys should please help with posting of pictures

Akeelah10:
You will need a valid one to do the the drivers test for sure but you can drive with the temporary one for 90days from when you land. I live in regina

I really wish to hear about Regina from someone like you.I things about the city from Nigerian point of view.Hopefully looking forward to settling there very soon all things been equal.Thanks.

You such a good writer, this is what keep us going.
Thank you for sharing, I tap into your success story for me and my family.

deni83:
Hello everyone, been silently following and learning from this thread and would like to share my landing story ( hoping it would help someone else):

PPR was gotten in March and we searched for flights through skyscanner.net, We booked our flight in May for a family of four going to Toronto in July via Egypt airways (it costed about 1m plus). We initially wanted to go for Emirates but the 600k price difference was thought to be better spent on cargoing foodstuff (to avoid Egypt air wahala) and for the kids to do some summer camp outings with their cousins in Toronto.
We cargoed the food items and some other personal effects the day before the trip(82kg for N115k,... for those who intend to cargo it makes more sense if you have 100kg or more in weight)

Also, after much back and forth, we finally decided to split our full POF between my husband and I and carry cash to Toronto. We changed our monies to 100USD bills and they were very handy to carry with our carry ons. We had not issue with safety or harassments at the airports.

Day of departure: Got to the airport around 11am on Friday (Lagos traffic), had a smooth check-in (we had weighed our 8 baggages at home before leaving and our hand luggages were also pretty light). Had meetups at the airport with family and friends but we couldn't hang out for long... took a lot of pics though. Went to the boarding area, and we were asked to identify our luggage before sitting down to wait to board. Boarded plane in time. Flight to Cairo was on a small plane, no personal IFE, but food was okay and the kids (6 and 4yrs) slept most of the way. Landed in Cairo after about 6hrs and had a 5 hr wait,... which the kids spent running around. We got a bite to eat (I could pay in dollars at the airport) and finally the boarding process began, with only one really slow officer trying painstakingly to match the faces of passengers to their passport photos...(lol)ridiculous. finally someone joined him and the queue was a lot faster. From the number of people queued up to board, one could tell that the plane would be a much bigger one and it was.

The 12hr flight was pretty comfortable with personal IFE, okay feeding and darkened cabins to help get used to the timezone change and we all got to sleep. The cabin crew weren't the friendliest but they were helpful and the pilot had the softest takeoff and landing I had ever experienced! We landed Toronto around 7.50am Saturday, did the expected check ins and landing procedures. There practically wasn't any queue at the time we landed so our wait wasn't tedious and we got a cheerful "welcome to Canada you are now Permanent Residents of Canada". However, because we had goods to follow, we had to go to customs to prep for them. After all the waka, we finally went out to meet our expectant relatives who had come to receive us with 2 cars. We did the 30mins drive to Milton, where they reside, ate ,gisted , went out for some grocery shopping and finally got to sleep around 7pm.

Been up and about town since Monday getting our bank accounts opened (we did a joint account in Scotia with separate credit cards, for now), gotten our SINs, got a mobile sim-freedom ( on my Samsung S7 double sim that I had brought from Naija) just for me for now though... my husband just intends to do a soft landing. Found out the Halton district has new program for IMGs,... so we're hoping that works for us and we're also prepping for driving tests (having a car is not a luxury in a small town like Milton). The kids have started summer camp at a church with their cousins and are having a blast and that also frees our days for us to do waka.

Canadians have been very helpful and Milton in particular is very family oriented with lots of public and low cost programs available to engage the kids this summer. I will try to update as I see needful, but I can say that if you have a family and you are looking to save some money Egypt air isn't a bad option.

No, it doesn't apply to Ontario. My spouse and I still have our Nig licences.

Newmum0615:
I guess this will not apply to Ontario. Abi?

Hello everyone... I have been trying to read from the beginning but I had to jump several pages. I’m planning to land sometime in January and I’m both excited and scared at the same time.
Please I’ll be asking a lot of questions. Make una no chase me go page 0 o. Na beg I dey beg.

gistwivkome:
Hello everyone... I have been trying to read from the beginning but I had to jump several pages. I’m planning to land sometime in January and I’m both excited and scared at the same time.
Please I’ll be asking a lot of questions. Make una no chase me go page 0 o. Na beg I dey beg.

I am happy it ended in good time for you. Did you later ordered a new GCMS?

You remembered!!!
Yes I did but it was exactly the same as the first one.

olajide21:


I am happy it ended in good time for you. Did you later ordered a new GCMS?

gistwivkome:
You remembered!!!
Yes I did but it was exactly the same as the first one.

Wish you the best as you prepare for a new life in Canada

Newmum0615:
Wonderful. Thanks a lot.

you can only renew your licence when it less than four weeks to expiry

Hi Vcole,
Thanks for your reply to this.
I have completed postgraduate training and verified my credentials. I plan to come to Canada to pursue the independent practice as a Family Physician. What exactly do I need to do. Can you please advice me.

vcole:
No idea. To the best of my knowledge at the moment what Alberta has, is a PPAP quite different from the other PRAs. It is for IMGs who have completed a residency program within or outside Canada of a minimum of 2yrs duration and with specific postings and who have not been out of a post graduate training over the preceeding 3yrs.
I would say evaluate your degree, transcript, all postings in that order.

martynex:
Hello good people. Please landed seniors in the house, I will like to know the areas in Banking I can focus on in terms of job search in Canada. I have 10 years experience in international settlement/trade Operations. Thanks

Good people. Please help

Hello house great job here. I have read people talk about drivers license and all but no one is talking about people like me that dnt know how to drive.how or what are the steps to learn n get a drivers license there. Pls epp

In other news, all thanks to the Almighty God, I went back to drive test Ottawa with my expired Nigerian drivers license and a new renewal of Nigerian license form that was sent to me from naija and my experience was added pronto! So glad this horror movie is over. Allèz le test routier!

My able people I Dey hail o. Please help neededurgently. I just got a new job and I need driver’s abstract. Please any advice on how to go about getting my driver’s abstract from Nigeria?

Thanks guys.

We are in the same boat... I’m looking out for responses

mzjennypher:
Hello house great job here. I have read people talk about drivers license and all but no one is talking about people like me that dnt know how to drive.how or what are the steps to learn n get a drivers license there. Pls epp

Thanks a lot

olajide21:


Wish you the best as you prepare for a new life in Canada

Hello everyone please I need advice. I'll be doing a soft landing with my child in less than two weeks to be back in canada finally in May.
During my check for houses on Kijiji.ca and viewit.ca i discovered that most require a credit history.
Will it be advisable then for me to open a bank account and get a credit card (even if it is a prepaid one) so that by the time I return I can have a credit history?

Also for someone coming with extra funds beyond POF what would you advice that i invest in? I somt want to just keep money in thr bank? Also for businesses still running in Nigeria will I be taxed on my profit here?

Pele o. Have you tried using vaseline on your nostrils to trap the dry air?

A555:
Hello People.... Anyone got a remedy for this extremely dry weather in Calgary? Specifically per the sinuses and throat. The back of my throat gets extremely dry, and I often wake up feeling quite uncomfortable.

i have tried Robb, air conditioning, humidifiers, drinking lots of fluids.... hardly any respite. Can't believe I'm almost wishing winter would come along quickly. The air was dry then also, but I don't think it was this bad.

Hi, who is in Toronto currently....please I need an urgent help

Please has anyone flown KLM/Airfrance/Lufthansa and had to transit through two schengen countries. Please did you need to get a transit visa . Thanks

agates:
Please has anyone flown KLM/Airfrance/Lufthansa and had to transit through two schengen countries. Please did you need to get a transit visa . Thanks

You don't need a transit visa if you are not changing airport. If you have to change airports for connecting flight then you'll need one.
For your trip to Canada, I don't think you need one.

agates:
Please has anyone flown KLM/Airfrance/Lufthansa and had to transit through two schengen countries. Please did you need to get a transit visa . Thanks

I flew with KLM and had stopover at Amsterdam and no transits visa needed

Lol. I get the feeling. But have you tried the summary of pages 1-113 here:
https://www.nairaland.com/3617393/living-canada-life-canadian-immigrant/113#61210244
Wishing you the best

gistwivkome:
Hello everyone... I have been trying to read from the beginning but I had to jump several pages. I’m planning to land sometime in January and I’m both excited and scared at the same time.
Please I’ll be asking a lot of questions. Make una no chase me go page 0 o. Na beg I dey beg.

Bellniki1:


You don't need a transit visa if you are not changing airport. If you have to change airports for connecting flight then you'll need one.
For your trip to Canada, I don't think you need one.

Thanks the flight is routed this way. Nigeria to Paris to Amsterdam to Calgary. Will I still need one